Category: Gender

Last week, the New York Times, in a powerful report by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, revealed multiple allegations of sexual harassment against movie mega producer Harvey Weinstein, a story that led to the resignation of four members of his company’s all-male board, and to Weinstein’s firing from the...

Two anti-abortion rights activists who covertly recorded themselves discussing fetal tissue with Planned Parenthood staff are facing felony charges in California, for allegedly violating state law by filming people without their permission. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt on Tuesday, saying...

I started this week knowing I wanted to write about the women’s march, a great protest that, from its flagship in D.C., reached across the world to a crowd of 3.5 million people and counting. I had thought of writing about Christy on Facebook and then refuting every Trumpism dismissing the...

“You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait.” – Donald Trump Sexual Assault According to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), sexual assault refers to sexual contact or behavior that occurs without explicit...

We all make the world a better place. Some when we enter it, some when we leave. Phyllis Schlafly is dead. The 92-year-old conservative writer and founder of the Eagle Forum helped torpedo the Equal Rights Amendment 40 years ago. In the case of Phyllis Schlafly, Nils Bohr applies. Progress...

Unethical Hillary Clinton: The biggest liar in the history of politics. A cheater who thinks she’s above the rules. An unprecedented flip-flopper who should not be trusted to run our country. Just the worst human being to ever run for America’s highest office. Trump today claimed that Hillary, one of the...

This shift in policy could also create major public safety issues by putting citizens in possible danger from deviant actions by individuals taking improper advantage of a bad policy.” – North Carolina Senator Pat McCrory A man walks into a bathroom. He’s supposed to be there, he says, and nobody...

Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani gave a TED talk about education for young women. “I want women to be comfortable with being imperfect,” Saujani said in the talk. She said empowering girls to take on new or unfamiliar challenges will help them grow. Reshma Saujani What Reshma...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signs law to base bathroom and locker room use on gender identity. The executive order guarantees all people access to the city’s single-sex facilities that align with their gender identity, without having to show identification or proof of gender. Transgender Bathrooms...

In two tweets, Ayesha Curry revealed herself to be what she is. Religious, conservative and unaware of how seemingly innocuous comments contribute to patriarchy. The two quotes are attributed to her via her Twitter account. Everyone’s into barely wearing clothes these days huh? Not my style. I like...